Track Listings (24) - Disc #1| All Artists: James Newton Howard, Maya Beiser, Youssou N'Dour, Djivan Gasparyan Title: Blood Diamond Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Varese Sarabande Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 12/19/2006 Album Type: Soundtrack Genres: Pop, Soundtracks Style: Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 030206678024, 4005939678029, 400593967802 |
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Like the movie it accompanies, this score feels very much like an "Africanized" regular Hollywood production--but not too much, so as not to throw off timid viewers/listeners. James Newton Howard wrote his cues for a stand... more » |
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Amazon.com Like the movie it accompanies, this score feels very much like an "Africanized" regular Hollywood production--but not too much, so as not to throw off timid viewers/listeners. James Newton Howard wrote his cues for a standard large orchestra, augmented here and there with touches such as exotic instruments, the African Children's Choir, and superstar Senegalese musician Youssou N?Dour. N'Dour contributes vocals to the first track, "Blood Diamond Titles," but for a long stretch after that, it's pretty much business as usual: swelling, portentous strings (almost every track); a syrupy romantic theme ("Maddy & Archer"); pounding action cues ("Diamond Mine Bombed," "Solomon & Archer Escape"). Things pick up again with the three songs tucked away at the end of the CD. The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and Sudan's Emmanuel Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim, in particular, deliver a shot of genuine energy that's sorely lacking from the rest of the CD. This soundtrack--and the film--would have been livelier had there been more of that music. --Elisabeth Vincentelli Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsJames Newton Howard's Score for Blood Diamond a Gem G M. Stathis | cedar city, utah USA | 01/25/2007 (4 out of 5 stars) "James Newton Howard wrote two of the best scores of 2006, and "Blood Diamond" may indeed be the very best score of that year. At once dramatic, romantic and poignant, with wonderful, and not overdone, African choral and instrumental motifs this is an outstanding work. As has been written before, Howard always produces at least one main theme which becomes the outstanding centerpiece of his film scores, and he does it again here whether it is with solo piano, chorus, full orchestra or with African effects he excells with his music on this recording. The theme, and its variations, and the score entire all come to a marvelous climax in the last four score cues on this soundtrack album (note "London" particularly). Beautifully produced, and nicely packaged by Varese. Sadly, this work seems to have been overlooked by the Academy of Arts and Sciences, but this has happened so many times before." A Moving Soundtrack Glen L. Loveland | Beijing, China | 02/07/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "I think that the music in the film gets left behind because of so many fast action sequences. The music stands out during the calmer moments. Listening to the music alone gives me goosebumps. It's haunting and beautiful. I close my eyes and feel like I'm hiking in Africa." A really great soundtrack Golden Adam | Dallas, TX | 01/30/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "I really enjoyed this movie, and just came away from it just completely moved and blown away by the soundtrack.
Once I finally got the soundtrack, and found out that the composer is James Newton Howard, I'm not surprised. He has also done outstanding work on all of M. Night Shyamalan's films, notably "Lady in the Water." The first reviewer really hit on the essence of this soundtrack of having a moving and beautiful theme arch the entire soundtrack. If you are a soundtrack fan, this is really one to get." |
